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You can either host your own Nextcloud server, if you're so inclined, or you can buy space with a provider. One provider I have personal experience with and recommend is Disroot.org. But again, there are many, and you should do your due diligence before choosing one, if you decide to go that route.
Same as wikipedia/wikimedia , donations (wikimedia got about about 89 million in revenue on their last 990 form, which is apparently enough to run the fifth most popular website according to alexa, so this funding model seems fairly scalable ). and they seem to be growing at a decent pace . they are also a registered non-profit (unlike purism, it is unclear how much benefit the SPC designation gives).
Disroot mail is what I am currently using, perhaps it may be of interest?
They are free, made it on privacytools.io, and let you use mail applications without extra charges.
Accounts must be manually reviewed before they get up and running, so it will take a few days to access sadly. Though the "captcha" was pretty funny: write 50 words about what scares you the most.
>In disroot we use 100% free and open source software. This sets us apart form coprorate/commercial software out there. We want to be fully transparent and open towards our users. Both financially and informative about the development of the service.
Thanks for letting me know. It can't be rest. They automatically deleted my other email data when the account was approved. So my password reset is going to my disroot.org email which I can't log in to in the first place.
Ben de disroot hesabı kurmayı düşünüyorum bir süredir, o da bildiğim kadarıyla VPN, tor ile sıkıntı çıkarmayan ve herhangi bir şirkete bağlı olmayan bir email servisi.
I believe it is. BTW, the last time I tried it it was kind of slow and it was hard to understand the other person, I don't know if it's their servers or the internet connection from my call partner. If this happens to you, you can try other servers like the one from Disroot.org
And I'm not sure how far did Matrix/Element get, don't they have video calls with screen sharing right know? But I believe everyone should have an account to participate.
P.S: Everyone complains about matrix's servers also. So if you do try it, look at other servers too.
That being said, it doesn't really help the OP. Try disroot.org . I'm not sure if they meet all of your needs, but definitely worth checking out. I was with them until I decided to self-host and had a good experience.
First of all, Metager isn't like Searx, were it needs a instance or server to to be created and second of all, there are small companies, much smaller then Mozilla who have run their own servers, so saying it can be done by Mozilla is very plausable.
Privacy-Options had one at one point, not sure why that's gone down
https://disroot.org/en/services/search
Disroot have one, and you trying to say that Disroot is bigger the Mozilla? If Disroot can do it, so can Mozilla.
I don't think instances dedicated to a specific thing is as popular in the XMPP world, though I'm not sure why.
Disroot (https://disroot.org/) has an instance "based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralization" according to their website, that might be a good fit for you. I've used yax.im in the past, the maintainer is heavily involved with XMPP stuff and it seems pretty good. I've heard good things about https://dismail.de/ as well. And finally, my personal account is at conversations.im, although that one costs money.
> I also have 4 Yandex accounts (which means 4 of their email addresses) and that is why I prefer Yandex at the moment. I can switch back and forth between identities without having 4 browsers and without signing in and out.
Services like Protonmail and Disroot have this feature for their premium plans (I think disroot is like $1/mo for different aliases, Protonmail is closer to $4 or $5. I pay $8 for 20 addresses.)
Alternatively you can use a service like Anonaddy which allows you to create unlimited emails that redirect to your main inbox. (Free tier and $4/mo paid tier available)
Not to mention all these services are privacy friendly/focused.
The app you use, in most cases, is just the front end. (Think of how you can go to the web site using different browsers.) What is important is the site that hosts your data. You can use the stock Calendar app and have it get the data from Apple, Google, or many other sites. I *personally* use disroot.org. I think their security would be rated as 'fair'. The biggest problem I've encountered is uptime. I'd say about once a month or two, I'll have trouble connecting for 30 minutes or so.
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I think that Tutanota & ProtonMail have planned to implement a calendaring system. If they do, that would up security game (I would say significantly).
Drop into a zip file, and put a password on it.
Then upload it to a secure download host. eg https://disroot.org/en/services/upload
email them with the instructions to call you for the password and last 4 letters of the URL.
> By the way, do you have any suggestions of e-mail providers that do not suffer from the same issues ? I'm currently looking for more trustworthy ProtonMail alternatives, preferably offering similar in-browser encryption.
I have heard that Disroot is good option. It doesn't offer in-browser encryption at the moment.
Not to worry, I get the idea.
I think the best would be to use these services for what they are, and get a solution such as NextCloud on your own to manage your files as you wish and share them if needed. If you don't have/want the necessary hardware, Disroot offers a NextCloud instance with 4 GB of storage. This should be enough if you only share code or little files.
Go to https://disroot.org/. Create an account. Voilà, you can now use Riot/Matrix without ever consenting to Matrix.org's privacy policy.
Your argument makes no sense at all. It's like saying you have to consent to Google's privacy to be able to use e-mail, when it's perfectly possible to use an e-mail provider that isn't Google.
You might have a point that it's incredibly difficult to avoid people who use GMail (to prevent your messages from ending up on Google's servers), but that's a secondary concern.
Not that it's really Monero related but since the thread is here: I use both Tutanota and Protonmail. I'm a bit curious about https://disroot.org/ Has anyone used it, can comment on it? 4gb free is generous.
>I'll grant that _in theory_ the Matrix protocol has fewer "privacy failure modes" than XMPP
How so? Disroot.org for example ditched Matrix in favor of XMPP for privacy (and other) concerns: https://disroot.org/en/blog/matrix-closure
What kind of text editor do you need? If spell check is your only requirement, you can use the browser's spell check and one of the many no-login notepad services available, e.g., the one offered by Disroot.
Since metadata can't be protected that well, the only way to send secure emails is private encryption. Avoid Protonmail or Tutanota (at least their free version), they can still read foreign emails if they want to. They're good within their domains tho. Allegedly.
In order to encrypt emails in a convenient and secure way, you can use DeltaChat with a trusty provider, like e.foundation or disroot.org
I would recommend Disroot. Like other providers, there's no privacy guarantee technically and you better use PGP for private conversations. Unlike GMail, however, it respects conventional mail box layout if you use local client. Similarly, Proton and Tutanota doesn't support IMAP/SMTP.
Even tough people keep suggesting Tutanota, it literally has the same limitations as Protonmail when it comes to IMAP access and search. Other privacy focused alternatives that are generally trusted, such as Mailbox.org or Posteo are not free. That leaves Disroot. I have no personal experience with them, but they are generally trusted, they are recommended by privacytools, and they offer a free account.
I found this on their website
"Currently, Nextcloud end-to-end encryption is disabled on Disroot. It is due to a long standing bug with Nextcloud desktop app."
you could run your own davical instance on the interwebs and hosting options for that kind of thing are pretty cheap.
a lot of people use nextcloud. disroot.org used to offer free nextcloud accounts, idk if that is true anymore
Apart from Tutanota, Disroot.org doesn't require anything except an email, and I've even been able to sign up for it through TOR. However, their inboxes aren't end-to-end encrypted, but they do have a very good privacy policy.
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> do you know if the providers are respecting your privacy? My motivation to move away from providers and to self-host is because I'm not comfortable having my data accessible to strangers.
I agree 100% in terms of privacy and we all allow that our cloud documents are scanned "to improve the service"
For low storage requirements you could have a look for these providers
disroot.org (2GB, dutch company with privacy focus - nextcloud)
C2H.at (10GB, austrian company - nextcloud)
You can also add an additional security layer by encrypting your cloud data - I just installed Boxcryptor and encrypted one of my cloud drives
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take a look at disroot.
after you get that set up, go purchase an rpi4 or odroid-xu4 or beaglebone black and do this (might need sudo):
>apt install fail2ban ufw nextcloud zeroteir ssh tmux ncdu ranger nnn
>ufw enable
>systemctl start fail2ban
>systemctl enable fail2ban
also, consider adding the following, on first boot, to harden and protect your system: apparmor lynis apparmor rkhunter unhide chkrootkit
According to this, disroot.org is highly questionable. Something to consider in your research. Might wanna see if others have the same problems with disroot.
Highly privacy focussed:
Try disroot.org. They have pop and imap free (rare). This is the one that I have been most happy with.
autistici.org too is good, but they are too serious and you may not be able to get an account.
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Proton is good and I have an account, but I rarely use it because it has no pop/imap for free users, have to use web interface.
Ctemplar, tutanota - again no pop/imap.
Unfortunately, Inventati/Autistici have also had some problems before (source1 & source2). With Disroot, you may want to read their privacy policy. In any case, evaluate your threat model and weigh in your use cases. There may be some compromises you may want to take in order to use whatever e-mail provider, not everything is perfect. Use GPG/PGP whenever possible with your recipients.
Hi u/ITegoArcanaDei Disroot and PITO are unrelated projects.
If you need make a report about a Disroot service that is not working I would suggest you would send it to disroot's team.
You can see on this page how to contact them: https://disroot.org/en/contact
I would recommend email or XMPP
Weird that its so hidden. https://disroot.org/en/forms/extra-storage-mailbox
My original criticism still stands though. It seems clear that they aren't pushing for you to join a paid plan.
How are they making money? Is there an another motive here?
As to the Nextcloud instances question, I'd recommend either Disroot or TheGood.Cloud. Snopyta is IIRC a one-man project.
About Searx, yes and no. Google saves every search but Searx "proxies" your query. Thus, if you use a instance that is shared by many it offers some privacy while reaping the benefits of using Google Search. Google isn't able to see that you made the request.
Digdeeper saw this coming years ago! Check out his site to be way ahead of everything. https://digdeeper.neocities.org
And remember only Disroot.org! Every other service is horrible, just trust DigDeeper!
Bookmark his page, spread on social media and talk to your friends about him!!!
Have you tried disroot.org. I know some people that use it and seems to work I use Tutanota and it is much less expensive than Proton Mail. I like Proton Mail but the price is too much for personal email. I use the free version and I like it.
Eu uso o protonmail free, especialmente para os contatos bancários e de investimentos e estou bem satisfeito. Criei uma conta no disroot.org também só pra enviar emails de outros contatos sociais (podcasts, etc)
Fake eh? no info eh? where is that "warrant canary" on this site... seems its gone....
Assume your setup is flawed, has a weak point or lacks a potent firewall/Switch... so on, so on.
Duckduckgo is in your setup...its not safe > use startpage or even better read up on and self-host searX.
Buy your own modem, use custom IPFIRE firewall, use openWRT or DebWRT on routers, VPN from a TRUSTWORTHY provider (i use protonVPN, not sure if they truly are trustworthy) setup o serve Qubes OS with a Whonix VM qube correctly configured, then posting with a totally faked out disroot.org based "trash" email or better a 1 hour expiring one? That "might" have a measure of safety to it.
If you get a free email account from disroot.org, it includes 2GB of free Nextcloud storage. It's not much, but you can get additional storage at only 0.15 Euro per GB (17 US cents). It also includes a calendar.
But Matrix has other issues, e.g. mirroring ALL messages of a public chatroom to your local instance, bloating the database. And huge RAM requirements. Also RIOT was an absolute resource hog the last time I tried it. On desktop as well as on Android. Some more privacy-related issues are mentioned there: https://disroot.org/en/blog/matrix-closure
> Concerns with Disroots Webmail – Raintree
> Disroot says on their website that they did not create their webmail. They use Rainloop’s pre-built webmail code and offer it to their users. This means Disroot and Disroot’s users are also bound by Rainloops Terms of Service. Rainloop is a US-based company with terms of service.
I see that the author did not even bother to read… there is a difference between Community edition (AGPL) and Standard edition. ToS only applies to Standard edition, which they don't use.
> Concerns with their “Encrypted Email” Statement
> Disroot says they offer built-in encrypted email however that’s misleading. They provide TLS/SSL encryption. This is what almost every email service in the world uses and it’s not as good as you think.
(author doesn't even have HTTPS on privacy-watchdog.io, lol)
From https://disroot.org/en/services/email: > Nevertheless, we encourage you to always be cautious when using email communication, and to make use of GPG end-to-end encryption to ensure your correspondence is as private as can be.
> GPG Encryption: The RainLoop web-client offers built in encryption option.
> NOTE: Please be aware that this is a server side encryption, which means you don't have control on your secret key. This is not as safe as using desktop email client, such as Thunderbird, with local encryption. But then again, it is better than not using any encryption at all...
From https://disroot.org/en/privacy_policy: > - All emails, unless encrypted by user (with gpg for example) are stored on our servers in plain-text.
> Disroot claims their code is open source but it is not. You can check for yourself on their Github Page.
Oh well, you can find more stuff on https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot.
Man, I wish the mods would ban that site from this sub. No flame to you but that website has been disputed so many times by a number of devs of the projects it claims are "spyware" and is straight garbage. You shouldn't listen to anything on there. For example:
They say disroot is one of the best email services on there
>Well, because I wanted to save the best for last! What's coming next are three providers that leave both Dismail and Cock.li in the dust. Even Posteo cannot compare - despite them being free. So what makes these three so different? Have a comfortable seat and read on...
Disroot is the first email that "blows everything away" but neglects to tell you that they store every email <strong>in plain text</strong> on their servers while logging IP addresses on every logged in device.. Seriously?
> All emails, unless encrypted by user (with gpg for example) are stored on our servers in plain-text.
> IP addresses of currently logged in user via IMAP/POP3 protocol are stored as long as the device is logged in to the server. (per each device logged in)
/u/ourari /u/trai_dep /u/lugh Can we do something about the neocities website? It incredibly misleading and even devs of projects on there have said it's terrible
They use full disk encryption (https://disroot.org/en/privacy_policy):
>We use disk encryption on all data to prevent data leak in cases where servers are stolen, confiscated, or in any way physically tampered with.
Stop spreading misinformation.
I guess they can't promote class war and take care of usability at the same time.
I like this, too :
>Registration closed for the weekend
You see, registration at Disroot is done by steam engine, and it takes a dedicated engineer to fire it up. Since he's unionized, you can't register on weekends.
I understand, rejecting third party cookies shouldn't be an issue when dealing with sites like disroot.org.
Your problem might be because of sessionstore.privacy_level=2, this is what I found on it:
>browser.sessionstore.privacy_level = 2
Never store extra information about a session: contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies, and POST data. (less usability but more privacy)
To me it seems this could cause your problems.
2GB, free, encrypted, actively pro-privacy. They run Nextcloud, Open Source alternative for cloud hosting.
If you want extra security, you could encrypt it again using Veracrypt or boxcryptor, but since Nexcloud encrypt every file using your password, even if disroot admins have access to your keys (as they are server hosted), they cannot decrypt your files without your password.
Please, read their privacy policy.
https://disroot.org/en/privacy_policy
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>All emails, unless encrypted by user (with gpg for example) are stored on our servers in plain-text.
Only cloud files uploaded by you are encrypted. Emails received are stored in plain text, unless YOU encrypt them.
You can also try cloud.disroot.org they are heading towards paid services. They are privacy focussed. https://disroot.org/en/services/nextcloud
I have found their service reliable, but I do not use them for much, because I trust the longevity of paid-for services more. Maybe unfairly so. They have been reliable.
I'm not sure if they have sign-ups open ATM, but disroot.org is a very good community host, funded by donations. They have a wide range of services running on free code server engines, including NextCloud. They also have a branded app available in F-Droid (not sure about iThings) that walks users through installing apps that help them use Disroot services on their mobile.
Another freedom-respecting service to keep an eye in is librem.one, hosted by Puri.sm. They aren't doing file-syncing yet, but it's in the pipeline.
Depends what you need though. Are you trying to share media publicly with strangers, or privately with a know group of people? SyncThing is a serverless way of sharing and syncing folders between devices (yours and/or other people's), which is cross-platform and reasonably usable for folks used to the sideways shuffling that's sometimes involved in using free code software ;)
ocloud.de offers nextcloud and owncloud as freemium services . Nextcloud 1Gb for free. I love their onlyoffice setup and their rapid upgrades of nextcloud itself. Aside from using their own services you can use external storage.
disroot.org idealists, but reliable. Donations-wanted. Worth it.
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Both allow standard u2f as well as 2fa,
1) Your habits will deceive you.
To change habits one must change himself and that is one from hardest thing in life. Youtube and other social sites firstly watch your habits, what topics you looking here for. Then they profile you by your habits without knowing your name. If you happen to be in Youtube before with your real name then over longer period your anonymous profile and unanonymous profile are going to match and deanonymize you.
Only workaround that i know are "divide yourself". Create 2 or 3 virtual personalities and assign portions of your interests to each of them. Enter internet via VPN (TOR) with different IP for each "personality" and never use to search topics that are assigned to another your "personality". This will be tiring and hardly imagine what would motivate to do this for longer period.
But such actions will definitely broke any shadow profiling.
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2) Your social connections will deceive you.
Humans are social creatures. No matter how you communicate with friends if you was communicate with the same persons before "going dark".
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3) Maybe this will be interesting for you https://disroot.org/en
/r/privacy e /r/privacytoolsIO sono ricchi di consigli.
Lato multimediale ci sono dei box ma nulla di equiparabile a chromecast. Ad esempio OSMC è opensource e usa una scheda simil raspberry. Il problema delle soluzioni open è che non sono supportate da Netflix and co. per questione di drm e un'integrazione con il tuo dispositivo come quella che fornisce il chromecast non penso ci sia.
Stessa cosa Google Maps, pure io non sono riuscito a trovare un valido sostituto. Le soluzioni open che hai citato non sono all'altezza di Maps. Se ti va bene qualcosa di closed potresti provare Here Maps (che ora dovrebbe essere in mano a Audi, BMW e Daimler).
Prova a dare un'occhiata ai servizi di Nextcloud e valutalo come soluzione per il lato Drive/Calendario/Contatti. Io avevo provato per un po' disroot che implementa Nextcloud e fornisce gratuitamente 4GB di spazio.
Sostituire google è praticamente impossibile. Io ho disabilitato quasi tutte le loro app ma su alcune cose sono l'unica soluzione.
Mainly I use my own domains for e-mails.
In addition to the providers already mentioned, https://disroot.org/ is also an interesting alternative.
>Both are located in Germany, which with GDPR and good privacy culture seems like a good fit for me.
I'd rather not speak of a culture. Most citizens don't give a damn. And many of the politicians would like to introduce the reasonless data retention tomorrow.
I second Hubzilla, as it lets you maintain your profile as a static webpage, with awesome access control. You can request an account from the non-profit https://disroot.org to try it out (along with other open source projects like Diaspora).
What I use:
- Search: https://lite.qwant.com
- Browser: Fennec
- Cloud, Contact, Calendar and ToDo-List sync: nextcloud app, davx app for sync and a disroot.org account
- Navigation: Osmand
- Privacy: Adaway for adblock, Riseup VPN and Orbot as VPNs
- 2FA: and OTP
- Weather: Forecastie
- Other stuff: Check out Privacy Friendly Apps and Simple Apps on Fdroid. You get calendar, gallery, notes, shopping list, wifi manager and so on....
All available on fdroid :)
Agreed that this might not be the best subreddit ;) I've heard good things about https://disroot.org/en , but I doubt you're going to get full coverage of the services you want without hosting yourself.
Eu uso o e-mail do disroot.org, baseado em Amsterdã. Eles têm vários outros serviços, mas só utilizo o e-mail mesmo. Tinha tentado usar o DuckDuckGo por alguns dias, mas realmente, os resultados não são tão bons. Dá uma olhada no searx.me ou outro site hospedando o searx. Ele basicamente agrega os resultados do Google e de vários outros motores de busca (você pode escolher quais, tem também wikipedia, overflow, github, etc). Se quiser, o searx é open-source e dá pra hospedar você mesmo. O searx.me é hospedado na Alemanha, se não me engano. Nas vezes que não achava algo e tentava no Google, não achava no Google tb, porque, bem, o searx procura no Google. Ah, só achei a busca por imagens bem ruim. Aqui não conecta direito. De resto, substituiu 100% o Google pra mim.
No celular, o LineageOS (herdeiro do Cyanogen) não vem com nada que você não queira. É open-source tb e você pode evitar completamente o Google, além de permitir o controle de permissões individuais por app, e.g., impedir que um app de cronômetro acesse seus contatos. Dá pra baixar coisas da Play Store via um aplicativo chamado Yalp no F-Droid, que é uma "Play Store open-source". Se quiser o Google, dá pra instalar também.
Mas tirando tudo isso, também acho que não dá pra fugir completamente também porque os serviços são bons e atraentes. Quase todos têm essas maracutaias de armazenamento de dados e anúncios, mas uma hora ou outra, a melhor e mais prática maneira de fazer algo é por esses programas.
You don't have to setup your own server or install nextcloud to use it. Sign up for an account at disroot.org and you have a calendar. It's as easy as signing up for gmail. You can use the default calendar app on your phone or whatever 3rd party app you want. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss nextcloud.
If you only want to sync data: take a look at seafile. Unfortunately I don't know any free platform you can use to try it out. But it supports encrypted folders.
For me I use nextcloud and signed up at disroot.org. BUT e2e encryption is not working right now due to isses with the desktop client... At least they store data encrypted on their folders and e2e will be enabled as soon as it is stable enough.
Good thing about nextcloud is that you can sync your contacts, calendar and to do list as well and not use google/apple for this anymore.
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Don't know if you will have any luck with delta syncs when using an encrypted sync.
Do you use encrypted partitions? If so, take a look at cryptomator :)
Assuming you don't want to self host, Does anybody know any provider that looks trustworthy? I know about disroot that is on the one hand a non profit but on the other hand it's fairly new and it looks a little "edgy."
Can I leave a warning about Disroot to check their privacy policy. It's not brilliant and requires you to do a lot yourself. Their site implies it's doing a lot of privacy stuff by default like encrypting your emails locally on their servers, but they don't. They also store all the keys on their own servers. It's a great service but these things definitely need to be made more aware of. I also feel some of it is too vague, like under XMPP "No chat history is stored on the servers. We do not store your IP address either.". I'd much rather a complete list of things they do store, rather than some things they don't.
Check https://disroot.org
They also provide paid plans for extra storage. They use nextcloud. There are apps for all platforms + your funds will help them to scale & provide more free services